Two widows stood together yesterday to hammer home the importance of an early prostate cancer diagnosis.

Catherine Cowie, 60, and Jean Holloway, 81, lost their husbands to the disease – which kills more people than breast cancer in the UK.

They were in Glasgow to promote the March for Men – a 10k walking event in the on June 17 – and stood beside statues of eight men – signifying that one in eight men will have prostate cancer at some point in their lives.

Catherine Cowie and Jean Holloway who both lost their husbands to prostate cancer (Image: Daily Record)

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Catherine’s husband Euan, 55, from Ayr, died of the disease just 10 months after diagnosis. She said: “Handing out leaflets, you can see men swerving away, not wanting to think about it. Without early diagnosis, we’re not going to cut the number of people who’ll die from the disease.”

Jean, from Burnside, Glasgow, lost her husband Walter almost 11 years ago.

Two and a half years before his death, his GP noticed his prostate specific antigen levels were higher than usual.

Jean said: “He had no symptoms. It’s important to get across to men that they should get checked out.”